A tool that uses facial recognition software to detect pain in the elderly and people with dementia is making its way across Australian residential aged care villages. Known as PainChek, its national rollout via Dementia Support Australia (DSA) is now underway ...

For some, listening to the radio is a way to kill time while driving or catch up on the day’s news, but for older adults the desire to tune in might have deeper implications. In partnership with the Community Broadcasting ...

A health monitoring station for large corporations. A Gumtree for health services. And a platform for GPs to connect retirees to local activities. These are some of the early ideas hashed out in the lead up to the University of ...

The New South Wales town of Berrigan has been identified as the first Australian township to have all health and aged care services connected to the My Health Record system. MHR acts as a secure online summary of a resident’s ...

A new digital talking book aims to make healthcare information easily accessible to carers and those with dementia. Bolton Clarke’s Information on Dementia in English was developed in collaboration with Dementia Australia and released online this week. The digital book ...

A social networking site for individual streets has been recognised by a group dedicated to challenging notions of ageing and unearthing ideas that could change the lives of seniors. Called One Good Street, the online platform gives neighbours the opportunity ...

It was concern surrounding social isolation and loneliness in his own elderly father that led Associate Professor Don Kerr to look into the ways in which technology can empower people in later life. Kerr, who sits in the University of ...

Aged care staff are testing the usefulness of virtual reality headsets for senior clients, and it’s transforming wound management procedures. Originally developed by the gaming industry, VR intervention has emerged in clinical care as a non-medicinal method to distract patients ...